NVIDIA Has New Driver Update To Fix Security Flaw

NVIDIA released the 313.30 Linux graphics driver on Tuesday night to take care of a security vulnerability.

Similar to past special-case releases to address security vulnerabilities with NVIDIA's binary blob, the 313.30 driver release officially just contains one security-related fix:

Fixed CVE-2013-0131: NVIDIA UNIX GPU Driver ARGB Cursor Buffer Overflow in "NoScanout" Mode. This buffer overflow, which occurred when an X client installed a large ARGB cursor on an X server running in NoScanout mode, could cause a denial of service (e.g., an X server segmentation fault), or could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Details on this important NVIDIA driver security bug, which also hit FreeBSD and Solaris OS users, can be found in their customer portal. The good news is that this only affects those using the NoScanOut mode.